Latest:	12 Apr 2025 (6 days ago)

Reported by:	Coops (112 reports), AdamOtter (48 reports)
Quality:	Good
Waterflow:	Low
Wetsuit:	Thin wetsuit
Water temperature:
Difficulty:	Normal
Time:	4 hours

Team: 6 people with experience level Intermediate to Advanced

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Comments: Low flow, but still fun with many big slides still going. Chilly water, but refreshing. Snow patches visible on peak.

Cleaned out 200ft of canyon prime stuck very weirdly in R10 boulder pinch, but also still connected to R9.

Anchors in good condition. Road up to reservoir best suited to high clearance vehicle.

All condition reports

Date	Quality	Waterflow	Wetsuit	Difficulty	Time	Team	Reported by
12 Apr 2025	Good	Low	Thin wetsuit	Normal	4 hours	6 people Intermediate to Advanced	Coops (112 reports),AdamOtter (48 reports)
Comment: Low flow, but still fun with many big slides still going. Chilly water, but refreshing. Snow patches visible on peak. Cleaned out 200ft of canyon prime stuck very weirdly in R10 boulder pinch, but also still connected to R9. Anchors in good condition. Road up to reservoir best suited to high clearance vehicle.
29 Jun 2024	Great	Moderate Low	None		5 hours	5 people Brand new to Intermediate	Mtn.scoutin (1 reports)
Comment: We only did the upper section. My wife's first canyon with me. We also took our 3 daughters, she 8,10 and 12. I've been working with them rappelling for a while now but this was their first canyon! The did great and loved it! We'll be going again soon for another go of the upper section then another time for the whole thing. It's only an hour and 40 minutes from our house so pretty close! Had a great time!
19 Jun 2024	Great	Low	Rain jacket	Normal		5 people Beginner to Intermediate	Stber321 (35 reports)
Comment: Beautiful creek, so much life out there Running fairly low right now
18 May 2024	Great	High	Thin wetsuit	Special challenges	4 hours	3 people Advanced to Expert	Dwentzel (16 reports)
Comment: Pretty high flow. There was still snow on the mountains above. We did both the upper and lower. 70-foot upper section waterfall lets you know you are insignificant. My head took a pounding, but still super fun. The webbing on a couple of stations in the lower section should probably be replaced soon.
10 May 2024	Good	Moderate High	Full wetsuit	Special challenges		3 people Beginner to Intermediate	Staceygirl (6 reports)
Comment: Waterflow was "lively" and challenging for those without much class C experience. One person on our team was flipped upside down by the force of the waterfall on her backpack at rappel 4. May want to send packs down separately. Take extra special care to make release from the rope quick and efficient at the bottom of rappels 3 and 4. We stayed on rope to access anchors that are situated next to pour offs before pulling the rope. Decided to skip the lower half and will come back another time.
20 Apr 2024	Amazing	High	Full wetsuit	Normal	5 hours	2 people Intermediate to Advanced	Teamsnuggle (10 reports)
Comment: High flow, pushy when in the brunt of it, care taken with pour overs. Anchors are looking a bit sun faded but did not replace any today. Most fun run that we have had of s’mores over the last few years.
24 Jun 2023	Amazing	Moderate	Thin wetsuit	Normal	6 hours	5 people Beginner to Advanced	Grapefruit (31 reports)
Comment: Water temperatures 58ºF at the headwaters and rising to 63.7ºF at the last rappel. Slippery even with magic shoes on. We struggled to find the bolt for the big slide, which was LDC but set back a ways before reaching the slide area. Just a great day.
13 May 2023	Great	Moderate High	Thin wetsuit	Special challenges	5 hours	2 people Advanced	Nclegg (396 reports)
Comment: Waterflow has subsided a bit since earlier this month but is still quite sporty (maybe ~3 CFS) and we took a pounding at a few rappels. Also still a risk of being swept off pour-overs if you don't protect transitions between anchors. Sliced my thumb open traversing the handline at the bottom of the upper section (sorry about all the blood). As it turns out, canyoning is harder with only one good hand. Measured the first low-angle fall in the lower section (formerly had the long handline) and it's 115' from the single bolt canyon left.
3 May 2023	Amazing	Very High	Full wetsuit	Special challenges	5 hours	2 people Advanced	Coalemus (160 reports)
Comment: R6 now has a (badly placed, imo) single bolt LDC and the handline is gone. This bolt is too far back from the drop and on the wrong side to allow line-of-sight to those on rope. At this flow level we needed perhaps 220' to get down to a safe spot and retrieve the rope. We only had 200' and, in an error of judgement, we set it short and attempted to downclimb a section that was too slippery to be safe. One team member sustained a minor injury upon losing control and sliding to the bottom. The lower part was intense with heavy, very pushy flow and one recirculating hydraulic that wasn't too bad to escape because it was shallow enough to get your toes on the ground. Pretty spicy day but definitely amazing.
2 May 2023	Amazing	Very High	Full wetsuit	Special challenges	5 hours	3 people Intermediate to Expert	Natureboytimflair (62 reports)
Comment: Amazing day! From fun whirlpools to manageable hydraulics to sporty pour overs! Highly recommend running this canyon right now if your comfortable in high flow (A6). Great day!
15 Apr 2023	Amazing	High	Full wetsuit		5 hours	5 people	Jec (10 reports)
Comment: Fantastic day in near optimal conditions. Flow was pushy throughout with enough spice to keep us thinking about what we were doing. No special challenges to report. We did opt to bypass the chute at the end of the upper section as the hydraulic was quite active. Water levels were up from prior week but still within comfortable range for those familiar with this canyon. Expect higher flow in the coming weeks as there is still a lot of snow on Graham.
9 Apr 2023	Amazing	Moderate High	Full wetsuit	Special challenges	5 hours	7 people Intermediate to Expert	Natureboytimflair (62 reports)
Comment: Fun day with sporty flow. The recirculating hydraulic after the big slide was in play. Water was checked for hazards before sliding was attempted. Flow was powerful and slightly challenging to escape from. 5 others in group opted to rappel instead and were provided a safety so as to no pendulem into hydraulic. Excited for the flow to increase in the coming months. Stay safe.
17 Jul 2022	Amazing	Moderate Low	None		3 hours	4 people Intermediate to Expert	RFontaine (252 reports)
Comment: A beautiful granite canyon, fun summer day in the water, perfect temps!! Flow still present but getting low. We did the 4x4 shuttle up to the top parking area. The night before we went through and installed a bolt at the lower section’s big low angle “slide” LDC. The fixed handline that was there was a dangerous eyesore and has been removed. We also added a bolt after the first pool on R10, breaking up R10 into 2 rappels rather than a 2 stage. Pull rope from the new R11 anchor station to avoid getting rope stuck in V notch. Night run took us around 6 hours with like 8 people and bolting. Morning run with 4 of us was a quick, efficient and fun 3 hours! Beta has been updated!
17 Jul 2022	Great	Moderate Low	None	Normal	3 hours	4 people Intermediate to Expert	Natureboytimflair (62 reports)

16 Jul 2022	Great	Moderate Low	None	Normal		8 people Beginner to Expert	Natureboytimflair (62 reports)